May 16, 2011
Cape Wind loan guarantee `on hold’This week's Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: US Department of Energy and Cape Wind LLC; IPCC;
May 16, 2011
Wind Energy Update speaks to Gurutz Urzelai, WTG Test Labs Manager, National Renewable Energy Centre, (CENER), Spain, about the latest drive train test facilities and why new standards are needed.
May 16, 2011
Building and maintaining offshore wind farms is a risky business that has already claimed lives. But not for much longer.
May 9, 2011
Wind Energy Update speaks to Brad Hutchinson,VP Global Marketing and Turbomachinery, and Ahmad Haidari, Global Industry Director for Process, Energy and Power, at engineering simulation software provider, ANSYS, to learn how simulations can address issues such as noise, and the engineering simulation challenges presented by scaled-up components.
May 9, 2011
Building massive wind farms many miles out to sea is all well and good. But getting the power back to shore could prove a headache unless more thought is given to cabling.
May 9, 2011
Germany’s first commercial offshore wind farm fully operationalThis week’s Wind Energy Update news round-up includes the following companies and organisations: E.ON Climate & Renewables; EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg commissioned & Siemens Energy;
May 6, 2011
Wind Energy Update. The wind industry remains one of the fastest growing forms of non-traditional electricity generation in North America and finished last year with a total of 40,180 MW of installed capacity, with a further 5,600 MW of new wind projects under construction.
May 4, 2011
Offshore safety professionals have acknowledged that there is a requirement for wind-specific regulations to prevent accidents when developing farshore wind installations.
May 3, 2011
We speak to Lars Odby, safety specialist at leading wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, about the health and safety challenges associated with building wind farms further from shore.
May 2, 2011
Germany’s EnBW Baltic 1 offshore wind farm operational This week's Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: CBD Energy, Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric and Datang Renewable; Ofgem, Balfour Beatty Equitix consortium, Transmission Capital Partners, National Grid Offshore, and Blue Transmission; Pike Research; Energy Technologies Institute; TenneT;...
Apr 29, 2011
Will nuclear energy safety concerns boost France’s offshore wind programme?
Apr 26, 2011
Wind Energy Update speaks to Paul de la Gueriviere chief executive officer of French floating wind turbine foundation manufacturer, IDEOL, about a compact foundation solution for deep water offshore wind.
Apr 26, 2011
The oil and gas sector enjoys a strong comparative advantage in the offshore wind space, but has yet to flex its muscle. Is it ever likely to?
Apr 18, 2011
Statkraft signs energy offtake deal with Dong Energy This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Statkraft & Dong Energy; Maine Technology Institute & WindFloat Maine; Duke Energy & Xtreme Power Sgurr; Energy & Hong Kong Electric Company; Infinis & Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE); Iowa Power Fund Board & Acciona...
Apr 15, 2011
Large-scale offshore wind turbines have the potential to deliver cost and efficiency improvements. However, they introduce a new set of cost, design and installation issues. What is the best strategy to tap offshore wind's comparative advantage?
